Friday

Friday is end of weekly.
Sit on company, I think about what I am doing during this week. A week come too quick, I don't remember what I done to reduce distance to my goal.
A big website It will be helpful for improve SkillSet http://www.mindtools.com/
This week is recorded for try by my best to improve English Skill. I try to hear and listen English everyday, I totally believe I will listen better soon.
AJ Hoge really impressed me with Effortless English. And I like to listen Vocabulary explain in this site: http://www.eslpod.com/website/index_new.html#
Thank for enthusiasm people in the world!

Effortless English and Crazy English make a powerful method to study

As many people I study English as a second language, I'm feel difficult to study English.
As many people I find a good method to study English day by day, time to time.
As many people I study English under a bad method with text box and focus on grammar rules.
As many people I tired and lazy to study English
As many people I don't know English
...

But today it change, I really change when I found an interesting method to study English. And my mindset really change to study English more hard. What is wonderful?

Find it to you, I have to you 2 keywords, touch and feel:
Effortless English and Crazy English

See my English change everyday.
I wanna change!
I can do it!
I am a champion!

[Csharp] Linq To XML first sample

Use .NET 3.5 or 4.0, you see a powerful LINQ. For study LINQ I have some links in MSDN are very useful.
 - Linq to Object
http://code.msdn.microsoft.com/101-LINQ-Samples-3fb9811b
 - Linq to XML
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb688087
 - And Linq to SQL
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/vstudio/bb688085

Today, I write a first sample of me to use Linq to XML. I hope you enjoy it :)

   1:  namespace LinqToXmlSample

   2:  {

   3:      class Program

   4:      {

   5:          static void Main(string[] args)

   6:          {

   7:              const string myXml = 

   8:  @"<Root>

   9:      <ChildCollection>

  10:          <Child>Data1</Child>

  11:          <Child>Data2</Child>

  12:          <Child>Data3</Child>

  13:          <Child>Data4</Child>

  14:      </ChildCollection>

  15:  </Root>";

  16:   

  17:              XDocument document = XDocument.Parse(myXml);

  18:   

  19:              var children = from child in document.Element("Root").Element("ChildCollection").Descendants("Child") select  child;

  20:   

  21:              foreach (var child in children)

  22:              {

  23:                  Console.WriteLine(child.Value);

  24:              }

  25:   

  26:              Console.ReadKey();

  27:          }

  28:      }

  29:  }

I think it's very easy to understand.

Artificial Intelligence Chatting

Do you want to improve your English typing and collect many chat sentences? Today, I search and get some "artificial intelligence chatting" address. It's helpful to me to study English, this is here:

http://alice.pandorabots.com/
http://www.elbot.com/
http://www.titane.ca/
http://www.jabberwacky.com/
http://www.jeeney.com/
http://cleverbot.com/
http://www.zabaware.com/webhal/

Try it and share me what do you like best :) In all AI above, I like alice and elbot. I think I can join in fun way study English with chatting skill. Alice with many intelligent answers. Ellbot, I think his answers are quite hard for me to understand.

When I chat with iGod in titane.ca I take some famous sentences. When I talk with him "You are stupid", "I will remember you said that when robots take over the world" he answer. I know if we chat with AI, it will be more intelligent. But we can study English from him and improve our English.

Thank you.

My first song: You raise me up

It is a song. The first English song I learnt by heart, and I can sing it.
Three days ago, on my way, I come back home. I want to sing, so look back, I cannot completely remember any English lyric. Try to sing many songs by one or two sentence, it make me feel so bad. So, I decide I will learn some English songs. Suddenly, the first choice of me is You raise me up. This song is meaningful and short enough to me.

When I am down and, oh my soul, so weary
When troubles come and my heart burdened be
Then, I'm still and wait here in the silence
Until you come and sit awhile with me

[Chorus]
You raise me up, so I can stand on moutains
You raise me up, to walk on stormy seas
I am strong and I am in your shoulder
You raise me up, to more than I can be

[Repeart Chorus]

There is no life, no life without it hunger
Each restless heart beats so imperpectly
But when you come, I am filled with wonder
Sometimes, I think I glimpse eternity

[Repeart Chorus]
[Repeart Chorus]

Do you like it? Sing with me!